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A death metal act from the northeastern Polish city of Łomża, Mastectomia has been delivering brutal compositions since 2014. The band channels surgical imagery into precise, cutting death metal.
Mastectomy is a brutal death metal band from Poznań, Poland, formed in 2014. They unleash unrelenting brutal death metal fury.
Ferocious Speed / Thrash Metal from Houston.
Mastemey is a thrash/groove metal band from Kraków, Poland, formed in 2016. They blend thrash metal's velocity with groove metal's rhythmic punch.
Kent, Ohio's Master Bastard play hard-driving thrash metal with a blue-collar aggression that's entirely at home in a post-industrial college town. Formed in 2023, they waste no time establishing what they're about.
Master Boot Record is an industrial and electronic metal project from Rome, Italy, formed in 2016, blending synthwave and chiptune with metal. They fuse 8-bit aesthetics and electronic production with metal riffs, creating a unique cybernetic sound.
Portland's Master Burial conjures suffocating walls of raw, atmospheric black metal soaked in despair and Pacific Northwest bleakness. Formed in 2021, the project channels depressive DSBM traditions through a lo-fi haze that feels genuinely harrowing.
Master Deceiver is a symphonic black metal project from Germany, formed in 2020 to honor the 1990s golden era of the subgenre. Their album "The Shadow Weaver" embraces the atmospheric grandeur and dark romanticism of classic symphonic black metal while deliberately breaking from contemporary mainstream trends.
A thrash metal act from Empoli in the Florence metropolitan area, Master Disaster has been ripping through aggressive compositions since 2019. The band pairs the chaotic energy of their name with tight, disciplined thrash.
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